Probabilistic Cause-of-Death Assignment Using Verbal Autopsies

• Published in: Journal of the American Statistical Association Vol. 111; no. 515; pp. 1036 - 1049
• Main Authors: McCormick, Tyler H., Li, Zehang Richard, Calvert, Clara, Crampin, Amelia C., Kahn, Kathleen, Clark, Samuel J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Taylor & Francis 01.09.2016; Taylor & Francis Group,LLC; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Applications and Case Studies; Assignment problem; Autopsies; Bayesian analysis; Bayesian methods; cause of death; Death & dying; Demographics; Demography; Forensic pathology; Mortality; Probability; Statistical analysis; Statistics; Verbal autopsy; Vital records

In regions without complete-coverage civil registration and vital statistics systems there is uncertainty about even the most basic demographic indicators. In such regions, the majority of deaths occur outside hospitals and are not recorded. Worldwide, fewer than one-third of deaths are assigned a c...